Fastener for dress-shields.



No. 645,077. Patented Mar. l3, I900.

G. W. FERGUSON. FASTENER FOR DRESS SHIELDS.

(Application filed July 22, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 645,077, dated March13, 1900. Application filed July 22, 1899. erial Nol 724,739. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. FERGUSON, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia,State of Pen nsylvania,have invented anew and useful Improvement in Fasteners forDress-Shields, which improvementis fully set forth in the followingspecification and accompanying d raw- 1n gs.

My invention relates to an improved construction of a fastener which iscapable of various applications, but is adapted to be es pecially usedfor the purpose of securing a dress-shield in position; and it consistsof a plurality of plates or disks, one of which latter is rotatablymounted upon a movable bar having a spur or other fastening meansthereon, while the other of said plates is also provided with fasteningmeans, said rotatable plate being recessed, so as to be readily openedwhen in the proper position, and being provided with spurs at theterminals of said recess. Thereby said plate can be turned and locked inthe desired position relative to said bar.

It further consists of novel details of construction, all as will behereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 represents a plan view of ablank from which one of the platesor members of the fastener is produced. Fig. 2 represents a plan View ofthe other plate or member of the fastener. Fig. 3 represents a plan Viewof the plates or members in assembled position, one of said plates beingopened or turned at a right angle to the other plate. Fig. 4 representsa side elevation of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 represents a section on line :1; cc,Fig. 3. Fig. 6 represents a plan view of the fastener, showing the samein closed position. Fig. 7 represents a view similar to Fig. 6 byshowing the rotatable plate turned and locked in the desired position.Fig. 8 represents a perspective View of a dress-shield in position in adress,showing also the application of myimproved fastener thereto.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the blank from which one of theplates or mem bers of the fastener is produced, said blank consisting ofthe body portion B, which is preferably disk-shaped and has the member 0extending therefrom at substantiallya right angle thereto, said memberbeing provided with the extension D, which is bent nearlyparallel to theplate B and has the slot E therein, said portion D being doubled uponitself, as will be understood from Figs. 3, 4, and 5, so as to form asupport, in which is hinged the strip or bar F, the latter being piv-Otally secured in position at the point G, whereby the members C and Fcan Open and close forwardly to move their opposing faces away from andtoward each other.

H designates the other plate or member of the fastener, the same beingpivotally mounted upon the bar F at the point J and being provided-witha recess K, said plate when in the position seen in Figs. 3 to 6,inclusive, being adapted to be readily moved toward or away from theplate B.

L designates spurs which project inwardly from the plate H, either ofsaid spurs being adapted to retain the plate H when the latter is turnedinto the position seen in Fig. 7, or vice versa, the contiguous spur Lengaging with the portion D, as is evident.

M designates spurs which project from the plate B, the same being two ormore in numher and being located oppositely to the spur N, whichprojects from the bar F.

P designates a dress-shield and the dotted line Q the point ofapplication of the latter to a dress.

The operation is as follows In order to apply the fastener, the same isopened, so that the parts assume the position seen in Figs. 3, 4., and5. The dress-shield having been placed in position relative to thesleeve of the dress, as indicated in Fig. 8, the fastener is placedthereupon, the portion G contacting with the folded portion of theshield, whereupon the points or spurs M M are forced into the material.The plate H and bar F are then turned upon the hinge or pivot until thesame are parallel or closed, the parts then appearing substantially asseen in Fig. 6, the spur N being forced into the material. The plate His next turned into the position seen in Figs. 7 and 8, the desired spurL riding.- over the portion D and snapping into the position seen inFig. 7. WVhen the spurs L ride over the portion D, the plate H bendsoutwardly, and thus retracts said spurs from engagement with thematerial from the shield. When the spurs snap into the position shown inFig. 7, they reengage the material of the shield, it being apparent thatwhen the parts are in the position seen in Fig. 7 the plate H ispractically immovable with respect to the bar F or the opposite plateand the shield is held firmly and exactly in the desired position. Toremove the shield or the fastener, it is only necessary to turn theplate H from the position seen in Fig. 7 to the position seen in Fig. 6,whereupon said plate can be readily turned into the position seen inFigs. 3, 4, and 5 and the fastener can be removed.

It will thus be seen that by my invention I produce in a cheap andpractical manner a fastener which is capable of being used for variouspurposes, but especially for fastening dress-shields in position, andwhich can be readily applied to and disengaged from the material towhich it is attached according to requirements.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A fastener consisting of pivotally-connected members adapted to openand close forwardly, devices on the inner sides of said members toengage material situated between the same when the members are closed,and a rotary locking device mounted upon one member adapted to engageand lock the other member when the members are closed.

2. A fastener consisting of pivotally-connected members adapted to openand close forwardly, devices on the inner sides of said members toengage material situated between the same when the members are closed,and a rotary locking device mounted upon one member adapted to engageand lock the other member when the members are closed, said lockingdevice being provided on its inner side with devices for engaging thematerial 7 held by said fastener.

3. A fastener consisting of a member having a projecting portion, amember pivotally gage said projecting portion of the other memher whenthe members are closed.

4. A fastener consisting of a member having a projecting portion, amember pivotally mounted upon said projecting portion,whereby saidmembers are adapted to open and close forwardly, devices on the innersides of said members to engage material situated between the same whenthe members are closed, and a rotary lockin g device mounted upon thesecond-mentioned member, said locking device having a recess to receivesaid projecting portion and with a projection to engage the same.

5. In a fastener,a plurality of plates, one of the same having spursattached thereto and beingprovided with a deflected portion, having abar pivotally attached thereto, a plate rotatably mounted upon said barand provided with a recess therein, the terminals of said recess beingdeflected so as to form locking devices.

6. As an improved article of manufacture, a fastener consisting of aplate having spurs attached thereto, a portion of said plate beingdeflected so as to form a bearing for a bar movably attached thereto,said bar carrying a spur, a plate rotatably mounted upon said bar andprovided with a recess therein, the terminals of said recess beingdeflected so as to form a locking means for said plate when the latteris turned in either direction into the desired position.

GEORGE W. FERGUSON.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM,

WM. GANER WIEDERSHEIM.

